Drinking device



e. WELLER. DRINKING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.10, 1949- Patented Apr. 26, 1921.

GEORGE WELLER, 0F ELYRIA, OHIO.

DRINKING DEVICE.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, GEORGE L. WV LLER, a citizen of the United States of America, r esidin at Elyria, in the county of Lorain and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Drinkmg Devices, of which the following is a spec1fication.

My present invention relates generally to drinking devices, and more partlcularly toasanitary drinking arrangement for use in connection with water receptacles 1n and around factories and the like where for instance there is no city waterpressure, my object being the provision of a drinklng fountain in connection with a fluid receptacle, which will avoid the use of cups and the like ordinarily used under similar circumstances in connection with open water buckets.

In my improvements as hereinafter described, a closed water vessel or container is formed when the parts are assembled com-' plete for use, a drinkingnozzle being included in these parts to which the drinking fluid is forced through a manually operated pumping action. 1

A further ob'ect of the invention isthe provision of a device of this character in which the discharge ofwaste fluid is readily taken care of without interference with the drinking operation, and in which the several parts are capable of ready disassembly and h of effective cleaning when disassembled.

In the accompanying drawing which illustrates my present invention and forms a part of this specification,

Figure 1 is a central verticalsectional vlew through my improved apparatus, 1

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken: substantially on line 2-2 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a top plan view.

Referring now to these figures, the fluid container or receptacle 10 is preferably of vertical cylindrical form with a closed base 11 and a reduced upper upwardly open neck portion 12, the latter of which is in use telescoped by a flanged cover 13 forming the support of the drinking device, this cover 13 having a central opening through which a discharge pipe 14 is movable.

The discharge pipe 14 forms a hollow piston rod and has a threaded connection at its inner end with the upper chambered head 15 of a piston 16, the latter working in a Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 2c, 1921.

Application filed November 10, 1919. Serial No. 337,076.

cylinder 17 between the base 18 of said cylinder and a series of limiting members 19 which prevent the piston 16 from being drawn upwardly and completely out ofthe cylinder 17.

The cylinder 17 is, in the effective positlon of theparts, located within the lower central portion of the container or receptacle 10 and is supported by virtue of the th eaded connection at 20, of the lower ends of supporting rods 21, whose upper ends are secured by lock nuts 22 to the cover 13. y The limiting members 19 before referred to are in the nature of washers heldbeneath lock nuts 23 on the lower portions of the supportmg rods 21 against the adjacent portions of the cylinder 17, while the lock nuts 22 have threaded connection with the upper portions of the rods 21 and engage the inner and outer facesof the cover 1 The chambered upper portion 15of the piston 16 which is in open communication with the lower end of hollow piston rod or dischar e pipe 15 has a lower constricted valve seat 24 on which a ball valve member 25 is seatable, this ball valve, being freely movable in the chambered portion of the piston so as to open in an upward direction when the piston 16 is forced downwardly in the cylinder 17; I I Centrally of its base 18, cylinder 17 has a slotted valvecage26 provided with a lower valve seat2'? andcontaining a ball valve member 28 which seats downwardly on the seat 27 and opens upwardly to permit of in take of fluid from the container or receptacle 10 and into the cylinder 17 when the piston 16 is drawnupwardly. I

rod or discharge pipe 14, projecting above the cover 13 at all times, has an'upperreduced extremity forming a discharge nozzle 29 in fixed-relation within an upwardly fiartion of the discharge pipe 14 and receiving the threaded inner ends of radially outstanding discharge pipes 32, which form handles by which the discharge pipe or hollow piston may be moved upwardlyvand downwardly. The outer ends of the discharge pipes 32 are preferably down-turned as at 33 beyond the side limits of the container or receptacle 10 so that the waste overflow from the nozzle ing fountain cup 30,"the latter having its base '31 secured around the upper outer por- 29 into the fountain cup 30 will be carried off by the pipes 32 and discharged beyond the containervor receptacle to avoid all danger ofwaste fluid finding its way into the container or receptacle.

It is obvious that by virtue of the support of the pumping arrangement in connection with the cover 13, the entire operating parts may be removed by simply lifting the cover vertically from the container or receptacle. This permits of readily washing the interior of the container or receptacle, which it will tion opens the cylinder valve 28 and draws the fluid inwardly of the cylinder 17 from the fluid receptacle or container. The discharge pipe and its parts are then pressed downwardly and during this movement which forces the piston 16 downwardly in the cylinder, the valve 25 opens and the Water previously sucked into the cylinder I will be forced upwardly through the hollow piston rod or discharge pipe and out of its upper nozzle 29, for drinking purposes,

the waste being caught within the fountain cup 30 and discharged through the hollow handles forming discharge pipes as previously described.

It is thus to be seen that I provide a sanitary arrangement which will do away with the ordinary drinking cup and the usual open drinking bucket, and that my invention is applicable alike to stationary and portable ifluid containers or receptacles. I have shown the invention in connection with a readily portable container or receptacle and it is preferable that the waste be simply discharged upon the surface of the ground. In connection with stationary receptacles it is obvious onthe other hand that a waste receptacle may supplement the fiuid conhandles or discharge pipes 32.

ture.

I claim: 7

1. The combination with a receptacle or container having an upper open end, of a cover for thesaid upper open end forming a support, a pumping discharge device extending intothe receptacle or container and supported in its entirety by and removable with the said cover, said pumping discharge device including a vertically movable discharge pipe projecting exteriorly through the cover, and waste collecting and discharging means at thelouter end of the discharge pipe and movable therewith, as described.

2. The combination with a fluid container or receptacle, of a pumping or discharge device including a' cylinder, a piston working in the cylinder, a hollow piston rod engaging the piston at its inner end and having its outer end projecting exteriorly of the receptacle or container to form a discharge pipe, a fountain cup at the outer end of the discharge pipe, and waste discharge pipes leading from the said fountain cup and forming handles whereby the hollow piston rod may be moved inwardly and outwardly in action. p

3. The combination with a fluid container or receptacle, having an upper open end, a cover for the upper open end of said receptacle or container having supporting rods depending therein, an upwardly opening cylinder carried by the inner ends of said rods, ,a piston shiftable vertically inthe said cylinder, a hollow iston rod, the innerend of which is secured to the piston and the.

outer end of which is mounted through the cover, a fountain cup in connection with the external end of the hollow piston'rod to catch the discharge therefrom and waste discharge pipes radiating from the said fountain cup and forming handles for the manipulation of the hollow piston rod in use.

4:. The combination of pumping means including a vertically movable hollow pump rod forming a discharge pipe for the prodi nets of the pumping action and having a nozzle at itsupper end, a fountain cup around, the" nozzle, and discharge I pipes leading from the cup and forming handles for the manipulation of the pump rod in' use.

In testimony whereof I allix my [signa- GEORGE L. WELLER. 

